MY JOURNEY AS A FASHION BLOGGER

"IN THIS WORLD THERE IS NO FORCE EQUAL TO THE STRENGTH OF A WOMAN DETERMINED TO RISE"

~ W.E.B DU BOIS

WELL WELL, HELLO LADIES

HERE'S THE MOST AWAITED AND ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED BLOG ABOUT 'HOW I STARTED MY JOURNEY AS A FASHION BLOGGER'

BEFORE I BEGIN HERE'S A THING I'VE BEEN WANTING TO TELL YOU GUYS SINCE A LONG TIME, DESPITE OF GETTING SO MANY DM'S AND MAILS ASKING HOW CAN YOU START YOUR OWN BLOG AND BEGIN TO EARN. TAKE NOTES FASHION BLOGGING OR EVEN BLOGGING ISN'T A NEW CONCEPT, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A FANCY ROAD BUT ONCE YOU'RE DOWN AND OFF YOU GOTTA STRUGGLE IF YOU WANT AN IDENTITY, ITS A MATTER OF SHEER HARD WORK & PATIENCE.

I FEEL MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE MY JOURNEY WITH YOU GUYS, I HOPE YOU ENJOY READING THIS ONE AND TO THOSE WHO ARE AIMING TO START THEIR OWN BLOG- I HOPE I AM HELPFUL TO YOU GUYS IN CERTAIN WAYS. LET'S BEGIN, SHALL WE?

LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING. FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS I LIVED IN MEERUT AND COMPLETED MY HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE SAME CITY, HOWEVER I MOVED TO RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR) TO PURSUE MY GRAD , TO WHICH I HAD NO FLIPPIN' IDEA WHAT SUBJECTS I EVEN WANT TO TAKE. IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY AT SCHOOL OR EVEN OR HAVE JUST LEFT ,AND YOU'RE STILL NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR CAREER, SERIOUSLY DO NOT PANIC! IT'S SOMETHING YOU FIGURE OUT ALONG THE WAY.

IN MY CASE I STARTED WITH ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, BUT HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE FIELD. MY INTEREST ALWAYS EVOLVED IN FASHION AND STYLING, AND I REALLY DID UNDERESTIMATED MY INTEREST BECAUSE HONESTLY I HAD NO RESOURCES OF MY OWN, IN FACT NO ONE BY MY SIDE TO DISCUSS MY IDEAS, EVENTUALLY I GAVE UP ON MY IDEAS AND STARTED FOCUSING ON MY COLLEGE. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS I STARTED SKIPPING MY LECTURES BECAUSE I KNEW I WASN'T HAPPY DEEP DOWN. I GOT DECENT GRADES BUT STILL WASN'T SURE ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO. DESPITE OF STRUGGLING I WAS SURROUNDED WITH GIRLS TELLING ME HOW MUCH THEY ADORE MY FASHION SENSE, AND WHY AM I NOT STUDYING FASHION.

MY LOVE FOR FASHION HAS BEEN NEVER ENDING. GROWING UP WITH SUCH IDEAS AND LOVE FOR STYLING AND MAKEUP, I BEGAN TO REALISE WHAT I WANT, AND WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY. I STARTED WRITING AND USE TO STICK IT ALL OVER MY WALLS, I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE RATHER THAN WASTING MY NEXT 4 YEARS IN GETTING A DEGREE WHICH I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT. AND TRUST ME MY GIRL GANG PUSHED ME OUT FOR SHOOTS, I STARTED SHOOTING FOR FASHION & MERCHANDISING PORTFOLIO'S OF MY SENIORS WHO WERE PURSUING THEIR FASHION PROGRAMME FROM THE SAME COLLEGE. I STARTED LOVING MY DAY, I WAS HAPPY & CONTENT.

I USE TO BALANCE UP MY SHOOTS WITH LECTURES, BECAUSE KEEPING UP WITH 75% ATTENDANCE WAS MANDAT. WHEN I STARTED POSTING MY PICTURES ON GRAM , I GOT SO MANY DM'S ASKING ME TO POST MORE SUCH PICTURES AND DETAILS. I LOVED, LITERALLY LOVED THE RESPONSE. I GOT INTO 2ND YEAR OF MY COLLEGE WITH DECENT GRADES WITHOUT EVEN ATTENDING LECTURES, I HAD THIS URGE OF WRITING ABOUT MY OWN STYLE AND REFLECTING MY PERSONA WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE VIA BLOG, BUT AGAIN I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT BLOGGING AND I WASN'T REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT MY WRITING SKILLS.

THOUGH I MANAGED TO DESIGN MY OWN WEBSITE.

CONFIDENCE WAS ALL I NEEDED AS IT LEAD ME DOWN A PATH WHERE I FINALLY FOUND WHAT I LOVED DOING. I WAS SURROUNDED WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE WHERE I FINALLY FELT LIKE I FITTED IT, EVERYONE SUPPORTED ME SO MUCH AND THROUGHOUT, I MADE SOME AMAZING FRIENDS AND THIS WAS THE TIME WHEN I MET MY BEST FRIEND JYOTSNA WHO IS NOW MY OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. WE CONTINUED TO GO ON WITH OUR JOURNEY IN THE SAME UNIVERSITY.

IT WAS FEBRUARY 19, 2018 WHEN I LAUNCHED MY WEBSITE WITH EVERYTHING I HAD IN MY LEAGUE, I STYLED A COUPLE OF DRESSES FROM MY OWN WARDROBE AND JYOTS MANAGED TO CLICK FEW DECENT PICTURES OF MINE, WITH ZERO KNOWLEDGE OF EDITING. AND DANGGGG! YOU GUYS LOVED IT, MY PARENTS LOVED IT, I LOVED IT, THOUGH I WAS AWARE ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS I COULD HAVE MADE BUT IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR ME AS I LAUNCHED MY OWN WEBSITE AND SHIZZ, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY PERFECT. THAT'S HOW I STARTED MY JOURNEY AS A FASHION BLOGGER.

GETTING IN MARKET IS NOT AN EASY TASK, UNTIL AND UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EXTRA ORDINARY CONTENT WHICH YOUR AUDIENCE WORSHIPS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOUSAND'S OF OTHER BLOGGERS/ INFLUENCERS WITH AN AMAZING CONTENT, FEED, THEME, BLOGS OUT THERE.

BUT LIKE THEY SAY 'THERE IS NO ELEVATOR TO THE SUCCESS, YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR IT'

AND DEFINITELY YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF YOUR OWN DESTINY.

I THREW THE TOWEL IN AND DECIDED TO GO FULL FORCE INTO FASHION BLOGGING AND MANAGE MY STUDIES EQUALLY. IT WAS REALLY CHALLENGING FOR ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO STAND TALL IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND TALK ABOUT MY STYLE, BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A RESERVED PERSON WHO HAS HAD MAXIMUM 2 FRIENDS LOL. TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS, MY FIRST COLLABORATION WENT UP WITH DANIEL WELLINGTON ( A HIGH END LUXURY WATCH BRAND)

THIS WAS THE TIME WHEN I WAS MOTIVATED TO THE CORE AND HAD NUMEROUS IDEAS WAITING TO BE EXECUTED. AS DAYS PASSED BY I LEARNED HOW TO EDIT PICTURES, I LEARNED ABOUT MARKETING, STYLING, SOURCING AND I LOVED EVERY BITS OF IT. AND OF COURSE HOW CAN I FORGOT ABOUT EXPERIMENTING MAKE UP LOOKS OVER JYOTSNA & BHOOMI'S FACE. THAT'S HOW I USE TO PLAN MY CONCEPTS.

AFTER HUSTLING FOR ALL THESE MONTHS AND MARKING MY IDENTITY AS AN INDIVIDUAL , MY BLOG GOT NOMINATED FOR THE 'BEST UPCOMING LIFESTYLE BLOGGER' BY JAIPUR MAG, I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR VOTING ME INTO THE CATEGORY AND MAKING ME WIN. AND LITERALLY MAKING MY DREAM COME TRUE. THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE AND I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I AM SATISFIED WITH WHAT I DO & CREATE.

A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM FOR ASSISTING ME & SHOWING IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT TOWARDS MY BLOG & HELPING ME WITH LITERALLY EVERYTHING. I STARTED OFF AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND NOW 'THE TWENTISH GRACE' HAS ITS OWN TEAM.

ALSO THE BACK STORY BEHIND HOW I CAME UP WITH THE NAME - THE TWENTISH GRACE IS WHAT I WILL BE SHARING REAL SOON IN MY SECOND BLOG.

I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED READING THIS ONE, I'D LOVE TO SHARE MORE DETAILS ABOUT MY UPCOMING PROJECTS . BUT IN THE MEANTIME......

THIS INDUSTRY HAS GIVEN ME SOME AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES! HOWEVER I STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN AND A LONG WAY TO GO, BUILDING UP A BASE FOR MYSELF THIS EARLY IS WHAT I AM PROUD OFF AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR. IT'S ALL ABOUT HARD WORK, DETERMINATION & BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF ! THERE IS GOING TO BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD BUT ITS ALL ABOUT THE JOURNEY AND THE PASSION YOU HOLD. ASK YOURSELF HOW BAD YOU WANT?

IF YOU HAVE AN QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH ANY WHERE YOU FIND ME. I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP & SUGGEST.

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UNTIL NEXT TIME, LOVELIESSSSSSS XX

YOURS TRULY ~ THE TWENTISH GRACE